From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71AF41F5AE for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:14:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229986AbhGWSeM (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:34:12 -0400 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk ([85.233.160.19]:60497 "EHLO smtp.hosts.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229461AbhGWSeL (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:34:11 -0400 Received: from host-84-13-154-214.opaltelecom.net ([84.13.154.214] helo=[192.168.1.37]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1m70d8-0007Hd-D8; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:14:42 +0100 Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] fast-forward: add help about merge vs. rebase To: Felipe Contreras , git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Alex Henrie , =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , "Randall S . Becker" , =?UTF-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41jIER1eQ==?= , Denton Liu , Elijah Newren , Junio C Hamano References: <20210722000854.1899129-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <20210722000854.1899129-8-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <76d59e73-ae5d-3bef-4aa3-5d1af9611577@iee.email> <60faf81658201_defb208d4@natae.notmuch> From: Philip Oakley Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:14:41 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <60faf81658201_defb208d4@natae.notmuch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-GB Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 23/07/2021 18:10, Felipe Contreras wrote: >> It is good to have diagrams for the visual learners! > Actually, it seems there's no such thing as "visual learners" [1]; we > are all visual learners. > > Cheers. > >>> + D---C---B---A---M master >>> + \ / >>> + X---Y---+ >>> +------------ > [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-myth-of-learning-styles/557687/ It's a double myth, in that many try to suggest that a person has a single style (untrue), or that a single style is relevant in a particular context, when it should be that sometime individuals fail to learn (a particular item) when not provided with a particular style that would suit them in the moment. I.e the removal of a particular format (e.g. no visuals) will reduce the effectiveness of the manual (excepting the 'The pictures are better on radio' aphorism ;-). Philip